On 21 Jun 2006, at 3:56 PM, Coleman Greene wrote:
> At 01:45 PM 6/21/2006, Geoff Devine wrote:
>> ASC has always scanned passes.
>
> <troll on>
> Certainly not true, at least as a blanket statement across all
> their McResorts. ASC didn't even have scanners at the NH and ME
> mountains, until they came out with the 'All for One' pass 2 years
> ago, or perhaps it was as early as the 'All East' April spring
> pass in 2003.
> They seemed to rely on 'visual identification' of the passholder,
> which seems completely fruitless once helmets, goggles and possibly
> balaclavas or facemasks are thrown into the mix.
>
> The first place I recall scanning tickets was Wildcat, and
> Killington and Sugarloaf I believe were the first NE ASC mountains
> to use the newer (non sticker) bar coded tickets.
> </troll off>
>
> This concludes my trolling for the day. Resuming <lurk> mode.
ASC actually tried scanning with RFID-enabled passes back in the late
nineties (IIRC, 97-98) and offered the "Magnificent 7" card as a
direct-to-lift ticket. It worked quite well for those who bought the
tickets and less well for ASC, I think.
And people do get caught on the visual ID from time to time; I
remember it happening to a friend of mine in high school when he
[accidentally] grabbed his roommate's pass instead of his own. (That
was probably an unusual case, though--one kid was a built-for-
football guy from New York and the other was a skinny Japanese kid.)
I seem to recall Sugarbush having scanners prior to 02, as well, but
I may be wrong on that one.
Kevin T. Broderick
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